Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-12-22
Senator Frye on Maine.

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Patagonia any way, aplace way down
/ Eas,. Well it is. but the Star OF the
East" was way down East. TOO, and the
sun rises way down East. to-. They
I speak of it as if it was land now with
stumps growing in the public highways.
They say, as the gentleman from Mass
/ uchusetts remarked moment ago, that
the snowflakes are falling in Maine.
| The snowflakes lid not touch Maine,
! but the moment came into Massachn-
/ sets the snow flakes were falling. And
| they talk about our cold winters aud
early frosts and our loug winters aud
all that sort of thing. Well now. there
| is some truth in it, But for all that We
hav, exceedingly comio' table homes in
Maine, exceedingly bright firesides'
long winter evenings, books plenty :;
! and energetic, thoughtful, earnest,
faithful men and women, too.
And they say that our soil is rough
! and hard. To be sure it is rough No
need to talk about Tickling Maine soil
with the hoe TO make it laugh with the
harvest" 1t would not laugh. But i'll
| response TO real hard work and 10
! moisture from the sweat of the brow.
! our Maine soil laughs with harvests {;
! aud | can point you to land IN the State
, OF Maine to-day that. III It's crop bearing
capacity, is equal t. that OF any in the
| Unitcu States of america land on
which YOU can raise as much wheat TO
| the acre as YOU can on any acre OF land
| in the United States. Why. You can g
way up into the northwestern part OF
Maine, way up into that Aroosto"h
| County every year they raise
5000 900 OF 4, 900 900 bushels OF pota-
toes aud wien my friend Peter, was
Congress lie immortnlizcd the potato
crop by calling it tine peach crop" and
! it goes by that name To-day.
And they say, ~ on have hig forest, ;
/ two-third, oil the state Of Maine is a
! forest. Yes. that /, true. We have
...e forest large enough 50 that II N"n
/ should take this commonwealth y Mass
achusetts and drop ii right down 'n'"
! the middle Of that forest. the people Of
/ Massachusetts would he obliged TO en-
/ p1oN guides 10 lake ihcm over t.r Dor
/ der liu, There are 10000 etaiwati
J mei 'h"pFln- the trees III those i"l"N'-
4 amt h"uln. t"'m 10 l'e fiN'f> 1"d dilN
iug lhcin duwn the ilvci> ~ T. SAN
I iuli!> 5000 or 600 inHtr mcn air r"H-
! venting them iuin lumber aud ih"o
+ ttivN at lea Ell "a ''l "r SEQ Mann
N'SNt> a."t are carried al "t'T 1850
""r.l and th"n HEY '"infn +" fhe Nf.''
q Name enupU. o1o every year "a
t't't ihcf' = n"li''hG l''d about "nt 'ti
forests.
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/ iArouEa ih">" vah'l~ to-day tA'rr HT'
/ 1000 rivers running i""at' H." >'a,
wish currents 50 s"itt ahl ~tf""4 ii'at
; they cHuid carry every Single - -
j die iu I'M | nitod >iatr> II Am"t'r1'.
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